LAPD Apparently Has Its Own Internal Cop Gang Problem

The more things change, the more they remain the same. That could be said of anywhere in this country, now that the Trump administration is trying to turn the clock back to 1940, if not 1840. But i…

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Reading Cory Doctorow’s The Bezzle and then learning the 998 tattoos and Viking gang within the LA Sheriff’s Department are not fictional is very scary. https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/los-angeles-sheriff-gangs-cliques-subgroups #acab #LASheriffsDepartment #998 #policeGangs #LosAngeles #VikingsGang #Lynwood #TheBezzle #CoryDoctorow @pluralistic
Gangs? Cliques? Subgroups? Call Them What You Will — There've Been 18 (Yes, 18) In The LA Sheriff's Department

The report identified 11 "deputy gangs" and seven "subgroups." Some have tattoos, hand signals, and rituals that are similar to a criminal street gang, it said.

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Kenosha police arrested a Black man at Applebee's. The actual suspects were in the bathroom

Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, have launched an internal investigation after a video posted to social media appears to show an officer punching a Black man the officer mistakenly thought was involved in a hit-and-run crash. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the crash happened on July 20. Police said witnesses told them two men and a woman carrying a child fled toward an Applebee's restaurant. A restaurant employee directed officers toward a man holding a baby. An officer appears to punch the man as officers arrested him. Police then discovered the people responsible for the crash hiding in the restaurant's bathroom.

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